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The Traveling Executioner(1970)

R10/01/1970 (US)ComedyDramaWestern1h 35m
59%

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1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.

Overview

Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.

Jack Smight

Director

Movie Cast

Stacy Keach photo

Stacy Keach

Jonas Candide

Bud Cort photo

Bud Cort

Jimmy Croft

Marianna Hill photo

Marianna Hill

Gundred Herzallerliebst

Graham Jarvis photo

Graham Jarvis

Doc Prittle

James Sloyan photo

James Sloyan

Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)

M. Emmet Walsh photo

M. Emmet Walsh

Warden Brodski

Ford Rainey photo

Ford Rainey

Stanley Mae

James Greene photo

James Greene

Gravey Combs

Sam Reese photo

Sam Reese

Priest

Stefan Gierasch photo

Stefan Gierasch

Willy Herzallerliebst

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original LanguageEnglish

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